There is NO HARD language -A polyglot's perspective

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[@ruriohama]

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[@kehribar1599]

Çok boşladın bizi be reis.

[@chandanchowdhury6505]

Hindi

[@yenibirgunmavi6791]

Abla şimdi şu japonca da hiragana katakana kolay lakin şu kanjileri nasıl ogrenebiliriz Kanjilerin hepsini ezberlemek mi gerekir . Bi de bunları yazmak için eğitim gerekir mi , yoksa bakıp aynısını çizerek yapmaya çalışırsak Kanji' leri öğrenmemiz kolay olur mu? Abla biliyosan bi yardım ediver Japoncaya hakim olmak istiyorum . Bu arada Türkçem biraz zayıf 'dır. Bazan güzel ve düzgün konuşamıyorum Türkçe mi:)

[@axelstone1383]

You speak Russian?

[@makara2711]

there is no need to identify your sexuality because it is implied that you like men because you are a women? if so, then nice, i salute you girl.

[@MrSalas]

I agree. Then again, I do think there are some languages which are EASIER for a certain population (: for example I struggled with English a lot, however, Italian was a breeze as a native Spanish speaker.

[@ruriohama]

yeah that’s exactly what I’m talking about. Difficulty depends on your mother tongue. therefore we can’t simply say that language is hard.

[@ja4309]

@@ruriohama Can't agree more. My mother tongue is English but I find learning Bisaya and Filipino hard to learn and it's just like the past 6 years for me to be comfortable with Bisaya and just past 2 years ago for my Filipino. Learning Spanish also became a bit easier when I understood Filipino and Bisaya too.

[@goshu7009]

English is anything else but hard, being a German Dialect. Also SPanish and Italian are the same language, different dialects.

[@ja4309]

@@goshu7009 Wait what's your definition of dialect and language? Going by that logic, then is Bisaya a dialect to Filipino? Portuguese and Spanish? Irish and English?

[@goshu7009]

@@ja4309 Why would you think there are ,,Germanic group of languages", Latin (Romanic) group of Languages, Slavic (Bulgarian) Group of languages? Because during the process of identify as a nation, they became languages, but they were dialects in the past. The Tree is German, the branches are English and many more. Latin - the Tree - Spanish, Portugese, Italian - branches. Bulgarian - Tree : Serbian, Croatian, Russian - branches. We just call them languages today out of respect, but in reality - its dialects.

[@Hwyadylaw]

Norwegian is the easiest language in the world to learn. I became conversational in 1 minute! Sure, my native language is Swedish, but don't worry about that.

[@_my_insomnia_blink562]

Tbh, Norwegian and Swedish have many similarities. I started Norwegian and I think I will reach my wanted level in 2-3 years.

[@milenamilenkoska219]

@@_my_insomnia_blink562 They are really similar.. It's like I tell you Serbian language is so easy and I am a Macedonian.

[@thenaturalyogi5934]

Truth!

[@Gappy3351]

No way dude Indonesian languange is the easiet language in the world✌️

[@GarnetsWeb]

@@_my_insomnia_blink562 I think that's the joke😂 Swedish is nearly 100% mutually intelligable with Norwegian, so if Swedish is someone's native language and they want to formally learn Norwegian, they have a huuuge advantage.

[@LOL-cringe]

I would say "easy" languages could be tricky. As native Russian speaker, I started to learn Czech (both are slavic, which means similarity on the level of 70-85%). That was sooooo easy to start understand and speak Czech, but when it comes to accuracy and B1+ levels. Your native language starts to interfer and that's annoying. There is a lot of stuff which is a bit different from one language to another and you need not to learn, but relearn things. Btw, the easiest language for me to learn is Japanese, I don't know why, but it was SOOOOO easy

[@joostdejongh3549]

She says: 'There are no hard languages.' I usually say: 'All languages are hard.' It's such a long proces and I really admire people taking the time to learn a 2nd or 3th

[@LazyBearTO]

Latin is hard beacuse it is dead.

[@normaaliihminen722]

@@LazyBearTO Not really, since it is still practiced in Vatican. Also there is scientific history behind the Latin. Name of the bones are are latin just like some legal concepts are latin.

[@normaaliihminen722]

Here in Finland we are obligated to learn Swedish and English besides Finnish. As dyslexic I find it incredibly hard to learn many languages.

[@SickWorld88]

This "B" just don't understand language isn't only sound and words

[@diyambarcil2310]

the world is cruel

[@marwan790]

When I learned that Arabic is the most difficult language in the world, I was afraid and terrified☹️, then realized that I was an Arab 👍🙂

[@AfroLinguo]

Damn!!! 😂😂😂 This really got me.

[@marwan790]

@@almasa.5040 Number 2 after Mandarin, you know you can search not listen 😉

[@AfroLinguo]

@@almasa.5040 what is the top 3?

[@royyannewsted8909]

@ترانسي تيوب I think that it is caused by a lot of different dialects in the Arab countries which are not mutually intelligible, for the example Moroccan Arabic vs Iraqi Arabic.

[@marwan790]

@@royyannewsted8909 You are right. Every Arab country has its own slang, but it shares the mother tongue Arabic. The difference in slang does not mean not understanding it, but rather the difficulty of speaking it a little, as we all understand each other We are all brothers ❤️

[@bumblebeeeoptimus]

I love how she mixes American and British accent, just like I do

[@megazoned3973]

So … you love your own accent. 😑

[@oussemagd2872]

I think because she speaks german cuz she kinda have a german accent

[@hmhbanal]

Transatlantic accent?

[@megazoned3973]

@@hmhbanal no that’s a very specific accent- this is not that.

[@depressedteadepressoespres186]

@@hmhbanal No, dude. This doesn’t sound transatlantic at all.

[@nimhard]

I speak three languages and I can feel the difference in thinking when switching. Also, it's amazing to talk to a person who speaks two languages and switching them on the fly, it's one of the most interesting experiences for multilingual people.

[@rziguiaymen7519]

As a Tunisian who speaks both Arabic and French (thanks to our educational system - All subjects are taught in french), I find it very easy for me to learn English, French, Spanish, Italian and this group of languages, right now I am living in Czech Republic, and I am finding lot of troubles to speak Czech, Slavik languages are kinda hard for arabs like me to learn maybe because my native language and Slavik languages are quite different in terms of prononciation and even from cultural side

[@jamesgavern2084]

Polyglot myself. Fluency in 9 languages. But let’s be real, there are plenty of languages that are objectively hard. And there are plenty of people who find even their own languages extremely difficult. Russians struggle with their extremely complex grammar. Chinese have a miserable time writing their own characters and so on. But you do make some very good points.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

That's true, but at that point, whatever level the average Russian or Chinese gets to... _is_ the standard for fluency. So it doesn't matter if every Turk only learned "half" of Turkish, that would be the real Turkish language, then. So that factor shouldn't be considered when ranking how hard a language is, since if even native speakers can't get it right, nobody will be expecting you too, either. I think what she meant was that 'hard' has more to do with your own proximity to the language. A Wenzhouneze will certainly have an easier time with Mandarin than an Australian. And a Russian will find Bulgarian easier than a Nigerian.

[@chickenfeed6272]

Chinese characters would be considered separate from the language itself. The mental/verbal language IS the language, with writing used to represent it.

[@bodo887]

@@chickenfeed6272That's not really true, written language is also part of language. It just depends on your definition but most language skill tests will rank your speaking, reading & writing and listening skills. If you claim yourself to be able to speak Chinese that does include being proficient in the writing system as well... or else you need you say I can speak it but can't read or write it well.

[@ZepiaEltnamOberon]

Writing in Chinese is a real hassle, especially when you're trying to write Traditional Chinese, they just have so much more strokes and lines in general, and sometimes a little writing mistake can change the meaning of the word entirely.

[@chickenfeed6272]

@@bodo887 The norm in human history has been language without a writing system, thus I would say that writing systems are an add-on. However, it's true that it depends on your definition and I shouldn't suggest mine is objective. I do think some writing systems, like for Mandarin, unnecessarily make learning the language more difficult.

[@thatotau7478]

Repetition!!! When i started learning languages my mistake was always trying to consume new things all the time. Made the learning journey longer. I realized if i just read the same books/materials/movies/music albums multiple times, instead of constantly looking looking for new things, it sticks better.

[@sockmonkey3393]

Thats what im trying to do

[@gabrielcarmn]

Thats true too much information makes you remember nothing

[@bsherman8236]

It helps to catch those common words everyone uses.

[@krasty3073]

not sure about that, wouldn't you get bored

[@xeixi3789]

@@krasty3073 I guess it depends on the person if they're able to still have fun or tolerate consuming the same thing. It all really depends if you're having fun immersing in the content, otherwise learning the language would just become a task.

[@jara7012]

Ruri San, Thanks for sharing such a wonderful video regarding learning languages!! I deeply thought learning other languages is esoteric, but this video blew away my anxiety. I try to learn and speak other languages enthusiastically!☺

[@Peregrinus_Umbra]

Hey, Ruri! Started watching you recently. Your video about why one can't speak fluent while understanding is magnificent. I've learned basics of English language not alone, but improved and practiced just like you. With KZbin and mirror, lol. When you just said that when you change language your personality a little bit shifts, I realized that I'm not going nuts and it's normal. Thank you for your content, Ruri! You're great! Keep on!

[@dannysze8183]

getting many languages to B2 level is so much easier than getting 2 languages to C2 level. C2 level means that you can basically read all difficult literature at college levels.

[@AZ-ty7ub]

Which let's be honest- plenty if not most native speakers can't even do that in their mother language. C2 is truly a feat and not one every language learner should necessarily strive towards.

[@SparklesNJazz]

so TRUE. except i’m a weirdo nerdo who wants to get to c2 so damn bad for no other reason than some weird desire to take on the challenge hahaha

[@dannysze8183]

@@SparklesNJazz I want to get my French and german to c2 too. I wanna read philosophy book in French and german.

[@liberthoughts1799]

@@dannysze8183 Me too, I want to get a C2 level in English, French, and German mostly because of the literature and philosophy.

[@nltiro3387]

@@dannysze8183 nitzche?

[@niamhharikasen7848]

I'm honestly so happy to be able to speak multiple languages. Due to my parents' work I've spent my entire life moving from one country to another (inside of europe) and learning a language is just amazing. My native languages are English and Turkish as I'm half Irish and Turkish, but I've also lived in Spain, Germany and Switzerland so I know German and Spanish. Also I can translate Latin texts bc it's mandatory at the schools I've so far studied at. It's amazing to be able to help others, I just love it when I'm helping a tourist or sum and just talk in their mother tongue and their entire face lights up.

[@niamhharikasen7848]

@flower lady 🤍 Hey🤍Love that! English is an amazing language, I'm hoping to study it one day in university to get a degree as a professional translator, you can do it!

[@niamhharikasen7848]

@@erwinsmis Teşekkür ederim!

[@niamhharikasen7848]

@flower lady 🤍 Bir şey değil, ben insanları motive etmeği çok seviyorum😂Btw, your English is pretty good already, with enough practice you'll be able to speak the language completely fluently in no time. Which level are you at the moment? (A2, B1, etc?)

[@niamhharikasen7848]

@flower lady 🤍 Damn from what I've read so far, your vocabulary and grammar are perfect! Hope you can get to C1/2 level soon, even though it takes a lot of work, but you just got to work and study hard! Ben şuan Almanya'da yaşiyorum (Berlin'de) çünkü babam'ın işi burada, ama lise'den sonra yeniden İsviçre'de yada İrlanda'da okumak çok isterim. I think you thought I was living in either Ireland or Turkey because my initial comment was phrased in a way that's suggests I don't live in Germany any more😂Sorry about that!

[@niamhharikasen7848]

@flower lady 🤍 Seninle arkadaş olmak benim içinde güzeldi! Sen hangi ülkelerde yaşamak istersin mesela? I'm in 10th grade rn so I think it's lise 2 in Turkey. But I'm not sure as I've only lived in Turkey for two years when I was younger.

[@bastiangierahn2313]

I do think English is the easiest language to learn because of how easy it is to get yourself subjected to the language through music, movies, games and other types of media. It’s hard not to get subjected to English. I turn on the radio BOOM new Beyoncé song, I turn on the tv BOOM a British antiques show, I open KZbin BOOM English speaking channels like this one. You get what I mean. E.g. if I wanted to listen to something that is in Italian, I would have to deliberately search for it

[@LarimaBeyondBorders]

This is so true.

[@gabrieeuluzumaki6155]

Hey Ruri, I'm Gabriel from Brazil 🇧🇷 I've been learning English for the past three years, my current lvl of English is (C1) i have a good speaking/writing/reading/listening Which means I can speak the language fluently and confidently, but i still felt a massive lack of vocabulary, then I've been watching to a lot of videos about (Essential Phrases, Phrasal verbs, Daily Phrases) I've also downloaded some apps of (Phrasal verbs) trying to expand my vocabulary, And it has been helping me a lot, now i feel that I can talk to an native speaker or a non-native english speaker (Like us) without crashing or mentally translating, btw you've helped me a lot as well, thank you Ruri 💕⭐💫

[@Samed97]

Shinra tensei!

[@zahidibr]

I agree! There are just too many variables to count. For me, as long as the language feels FUN to learn-no matter how "hard" it supposedly is, I'd have an easier time with it anyway. At the moment I'm trying to build back the fun in German so I can speak as comfortably and fluently as you!! 😁

[@ruriohama]

Exactly! The language itself is not hard :D Keep going!

[@saltymonke3682]

I hated German in HS because of my teacher's way of teaching, although I chose for it. Then I learned it again due to circumstances since many of my friends were Germans from Lower Saxony. I still can understand a bit German passively, but can't speak it well.

[@davidmarthin9543]

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[@renaldokim2225]

Hi Zahid

[@apakabarmuhariini6139]

Wah ada bang Zahid

[@ThatBoomerDude56]

Phrase: *"Not to flex ..."* Meaning: *"I'm gonna flex my ability real hard here ..."* 😁😁

[@ruriohama]

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[@haseebali499]

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[@cigh7445]

@@haseebali499 I love you bro

[@moldyairplane5891]

She kinda earned that privilege tho haha

[@haseebali499]

@@cigh7445 thank you men God bless you :)

[@tuanthanhpham9431]

WOW! This video helped a lot to improve my English level

[@top_mult7777]

Thank you for an advice,I think,this program(Bussu) will be useful for me in the future!!!

[@Yesnog05]

I'm trilingual (japanese, English, and tagalog) and I totally have different personalities when I speak! My Japanese sounds shy and curious, my English sounds proud and confident, and my tagalog sounds sarcastic.

[@fseenamber7901]

How did you learn English?

[@Yesnog05]

@@fseenamber7901 From school cause I was born in the US

[@fseenamber7901]

@@Yesnog05 ha ha ha ha

[@Yesnog05]

@@fseenamber7901 I don't see what's so funny

[@fseenamber7901]

@@Yesnog05 i thought you would tell me the strategy...

[@simplycinema4d975]

The thing with chinese, japanese is that the writing system probably takes up a lot of time to learn, and maybe getting to a good level without fully dominating writing by hand (which I think is the most difficoult), Identifying a 漢字 is not that difficoult, but knowing exactly which character to write is. Thats why I would mostly focus on reading and being able to write on a computer.

[@Karmynnd]

I don’t plan on writing a lot of Japanese. Tho I might have to, I want to move to Japan when I’m older and you kinda have to write in Japanese. I probably will mostly use my phone to write Japanese which is much easier to do than writing in Japanese. The thing that scares me is all the sounds 1 kanji can make. I don’t have that big of a brain to remember all those sounds 😭 I’ll figure it out.

[@simplycinema4d975]

@@Karmynnd It is very similar to memorizing the spellings of words in english, I'd recomend learning words and how to write/read them rather than memorizing all the readings a kanji can have. There are no actual rules to which exact sound to use in each case and you will end up memorizing which reading of each character is used in each word anyway. This vocabulary aproach is far more natural and easy. Japanese kids start knowing every word and then they are taught how to write them, it is not like they have to figure out how a word sounds (most of the time)

[@zhewu9052]

@@Karmynnd in fact even you make all the sounds wrong, it doesnt affect communication. we can understand what you say from the context , unless you only speak one word with the wrong tones.

[@zhewu9052]

if you want to learn Chinese perfect and speak like a native speaker, you should pay more attention to tones. speaking in wrong tones just like an accent to us. just like you can also understand Indian English although they pronounce strangely.

[@xeixi3789]

You don't need to learn how to write Japanese until later on once you've inputted enough Japanese into your mind through immersion. All you need to do with the alphabet in the beginning is to learn how to read, since you have to know that for the purposes of searching up and remembering vocabulary. Learning how to read is EXTREMELY easy, don't worry about speed aswell since it'll come later. Edit: This doesn't account for Kanji, learning Kanji is a different thing to learning the Kanas lol. But imo even if Kanji is more difficult to learn, it's not as hard as people say since it's basically for the most part synonymous with learning vocabulary as you immerse in native content.

[@normaaliihminen722]

I learned recently that Finnish language (my mother language) and Japanese language are coincidentally similiar. strongest similarities are founded in phonology, particularly in phonemic quantity. Also some Finnish names sound like Japanese. Its weird but also quite encouraging to me to learn Japanese not just for anime but also academic purposes.

[@samanthawu1637]

I love your content. Keep going 👏🏻

[@redherring4119]

In my opinion once you can speak, read and listen easily at B2 level, you're OK. There is no need to be god level in every language. There simply is not enough time.

[@elifnurylmaz9372]

i think so

[@orange_kate]

I think B1 is enough if you want to just travel, talk to people, watch movies and content on KZbin.

[@SparklesNJazz]

agree!!! i want to be c1 or c2 in korean, i just have a strong desire to communicate deeply and learn about korean history in the language, but for spanish, b1 or b2 would be amazing. i am also interested in vietnamese, chinese, greek, and german, and would probably also be satisfied at b1 for any of those. there are some languages i would just like to be familiar with, not necessarily fluent in. it’s more to do with the culture and the fact that i feel like i’m missing out on something without knowing them.

[@loot6]

No it depends on your goals. Some people just want a basic level in a language with a bad accent and others want to be really competent before they are satisfied.

[@fynnh5459]

I agree with what another commentor has said. If I take my time to learn a language, I want to commit myself to it. It's easy to think you're "good" when you are at B1-B2 level when in truth you are clearly not. Only after that point it starts to get interesting as you learn to understand all of the nuances, etc. Until that point, it's like learning maths to me. You just know words and sentence structures and how to combine them.

[@Francis_UD]

English is highly analytic(surprisingly much similar to Mandarin structurally) whereas Japanese and Turkish are highly infusional languages. Switching from a SVO mindset to a SOV sometimes even VVO or VOV mindset can pose some challenges. As a natively bilingual dude who's been learning Japanese for 10+ years I can relate!

[@Jibe111111111]

Why do you think English is analytic?

[@jablanovicmilos]

@@Jibe111111111 because is not infusional? Because the English language have almost no declensions, if you said: the cat is chasing the ball you know because of the word order who is chasing what not because of the declensions, in the English language only the pronouns and the genitive case are to some degree still present, the other cases are not. In other languages the word ball could have an inflection following the accusative case considering the ball is the direct object of the phrase. Like in English, when you say mother's that "s" means that something belongs to someone, that would be an example of the genitive case, depending on the language there are many more.

[@Jibe111111111]

@@jablanovicmilos so basically all the languages that don't have declinations are analytical

[@jablanovicmilos]

@@Jibe111111111 yeah pretty much.

[@fynnh5459]

@@jablanovicmilos My native language is (Swiss) German. This means I shouldn't have much trouble with that aspect of Japanese?

[@LearnGermanwithMarzipanfrau]

Your words are optimistic. Thank you!

[@derekdesouza9289]

Thank you for this information!

[@antoinedcrt8748]

I do not really agree with "self-learning is twice longer", because sometimes in school (in France in my case) we learn some useless vocabulary we'll never use later, even if some students don't know useful basics of english But at home if we can learn as we want it can be a lot more efficient

[@gu3sswh075]

At least you don't spend entire semesters just on grammar

[@soldierofgod6335]

@@gu3sswh075 Are you referring to the U.S. linguistic system? If so, I agree, and this is why it is unsuccessful in actually teaching kids a language.

[@SleekMinister]

For the first period in Japan, as an English teacher, you're basically used as a human tape recorder - before they bring in the real tape recorder, and as a rule, you're never allowed alone with the class (juinor high school). They prefer native speakers, though. Anyways, I hated school all my life, I think, except here and there. They actually berated me as a child for reading my own books. How crazy is that? The pensum in Norway is three pages long until upper seconday school.

[@gu3sswh075]

@@soldierofgod6335 I guess but going through a school/university is what makes it inefficient

[@Acro_LangLearn]

確かに Very true

[@davedayo]

Thanks for introducing Busuu that I just subscribed it. Will see how it works well.

[@dumbtex6107]

been learning spanish for about a year and I'm finally to the point where i can feel comfortable with most things but still struggle conversationally I'm still studying but I'm adding another language this year and this video was very helpful i think I'm going to go with mandarin but I'm also feeling japanese the main push is mandarin seems easier and i like Chinese food lol

[@user-vi2po8ni5p]

I live in Japan and learning Russian language myself for a year, your this video made me more be motivated for learning passion no doubt😆

[@yastyman]

My friend, please look for "Не Учите Русскую Грамматику!" video. It's about 5 minutes, and i can approve that as russian. You can easily start speak with just huge vocabulare, because word order is free and every russian-speaker will understand you. And then polish rules, declension, and so on.

[@tadanasi6398]

use everywhere блять or та сууууукаааааааа and ur russian would be perfect (live in Ukraine and learning japanese myself xD)

[@user-qe5rv2fc2x]

Сочувствую. Это круто! Сравнивая английский и русский радуешься что не надо его (русский) учить. ;)

[@user-pk1qg5cw6b]

As a Russian native speaker I can prove that it's kinda difficult, so keep your head up! If you need any practice, i can help

[@alexordov9052]

@@tadanasi6398 Ха-ха -ха очень смешно)))

[@zeeshan419]

The easiest and most difficult language to learn is "LANGUAGE OF LOVE" ;)

[@ja4309]

If you're literally talking about love, then yes If you're talking about French, then maybe a bit more biased on the difficult side Either way yeah this hits the jackpot

[@Merwip]

Ylvis learned me the language of love

[@execorder724]

The Language of Love is not difficult to learn but to master.

[@u2buserusingu2b95]

Fluency is difficult..

[@kono.kento1]

what about coding

[@brunorivest]

Very motivating. Thanks for the info and links.

[@fre3styl3r7]

When I speak German I'm also shy / inverted, but when I start speaking English my personality also changes, but that depends on the accent, for example: British is similar to German and in American I'm a bit more energetic. My other languages ​​are more like German, but you can see the differences. (I'm german btw)

[@willywonka6697]

Every day I watch your KZbin videos to improve my listening comprehension. Recently I’ve been trying to do it in x1.2 speed and I manage to understand what you say because actually your English is easier for me to listen to than native speakers😊

[@Shannovian]

I'd point out that difficulty in langauge learning, in my experience, is largely a product of mental flexibility and the ability to understand systems "outside of oneself." I would characterise language learning not dramatically different from philosophy. I think that's the most useful skill in learning a language, because both philosophy require a person to break down ideas and create a sort of ... flexible cognition. That ability to take something you "know" and turn it over in your mind until you can understand all of its possibilities. I speak... enough languages, and one thing I really find fulfilling is learning Germanic languages. Because it lets me see words that exist across a number of languages that have slightly different meanings and it really gives a robust understanding of the concept behind them as you trace the route it took to have a crystallised meaning. That gives language a tremendous flexibility and a mastery concepts. It's really the same breaking down into the essential components and really LISTENING to what is actually being said instead of the short-hand we give it, to increase funcationality. Too often we try to graph a priori understanding onto a language and it causes difficulty. Like when people try to understand は particle. So many people try to understand it as "is" because they are unable to unshackle their brain an perceive the possibility of non-latin grammar. They see the world so rigidly that they place themselves under rules that actually have no sway over them or what they are capable of; it's like the story of the elephant and the stake. A young elephant held in place by a wooden stake will, as an adult, never challenge the wooden stake, having learned as a child that it can't pull it out of the ground.

[@TraxisOnTheLines]

How? I''m learning Kurdish, and there's definitely times where I've realized a word or phrase has no translation, but I have to sort of feel the sentence or try to understand it without words, but it's so difficult and doing it for an entire language instead of a few words seems impossible for me.

[@matthewglenguir7204]

Very insightful comment, gonna screenshot this

[@isaac_owens9110]

I can definitely hear your accent and there are clear grammatical mistakes in your English, but the fact that you can communicate as effectively as you can is very impressive! I am a native English speaker and English is difficult for us too.

[@-blackcherry3918]

I think grammar should be respected, but at the same time even if grammar is incorrect, the important thing about languages is that we get to communicate what we are trying to say, get our point straight (even if the grammar is not perfect!)

[@charlesstaudt2077]

THANK YOU 🙏🙏🙏 FOR ALL YOUR EXCELENT EXPLANATIONS👏👏👏

[@hanc2411]

Listening to you increases my motivation, so I follow you with pleasure. Thanks Ruri.

[@raed8831]

Thank you for everything you've given us.

[@merseysideman]

Hey ... Just kidding but ur cmt like this is last Ruri's video 😬😬😬

[@user-dp7ml9qd1d]

Thank u for posting this video,I started learn English 1 month ago,and I overwatched your video 5 times I don't know why but u gave me motivation to not give up (as u can see my English is so so of course I can use translator,but I want to describe my thoughts by my own words,and I know that I've made many mistakes,someone can fix me😃

[@gunhasirac]

I agree with most of the points and there’s more to look after for you to learn better. I don’t speak loads of languages myself (only 3) but I utilize this system to explain why some language is hard to learn for some people. I call it “language distance” myself which includes 4 factors: pronunciation, letters, culture/concept and grammar. All of the above factors contribute to difficulty of learning of a certain language base on what you are capable of. Pronunciation and letters are very straight forward. It simply means how many new sounds, letters you need to acquire in the process, but you have to be very careful as some sounds or letters might feel alike but actually different in some way. Grammar refers to how SVO are positioned, how to combine multiple factors of events and how the sentences are structured. Culture/ concept part is the trickiest. Most of the time, you can have word to word translation but they can actually have difference in meaning or scale. Eg 今 in Japanese and 現在 in Mandarine both mean “now” but refer to slightly different time span that is enough to cause confusion. Also usage of similar words can be used in totally different situation. The 2 examples above can already hurt your brain as hell. Let go words that you can’t translate.

[@themgamez]

Bravo Ohama. seni takdir ediyorum. İnsanlara dil öğrenmelerini teşvik etmek güzel birşey. Kendi yaşadığını insanlara aktararak bizlere güven veriyorsun teşekkür ederim.

[@mikereisert2803]

I read "Barack Obama"

[@mynameiswalterhartwellwhite420]

@@mikereisert2803 lmfao I did too I thought it was Barack Obama then a bunch of jibberish for a second

[@mynameiswalterhartwellwhite420]

@realBRAINIAC its Turkish

[@monarchyofjackalliancesind3937]

Selam/Merhaba! I am learning Turkish 🇹🇷 but its a little bit hard 💖🥵.

[@themgamez]

@@monarchyofjackalliancesind3937 yes, it is a structurally different language than English. Just like japanese. English is difficult for us.

[@realkk]

There's no hard language. There's just not enough time.

[@michaelgardner8080]

It depends on your schedule.

[@realkk]

@@michaelgardner8080 Too packed!

[@michaelgardner8080]

@@realkk I feel ya. For me personally, I find myself wasting a lot of time but if I managed my time better I could learn so much more.

[@realkk]

@@michaelgardner8080 That's true. My schedule is too packed with wasteful endeavors. Hahahhaha

[@2UsserName]

or motivation

[@sachio8136]

Interesting your observation of the character change per speaking different languages. So spot on !! I always felt i wasn't been authentic to myself (for years!) as my voice and vibe really change depending on which im speaking japanese or english. Keep producing these video, you're super talented!

[@constance5157]

Thank you so much!!! helped a lot!

[@CHAP_SEC]

Just wanted to let you know this is an interesting video and as a Japanese learner Busuu is a new tool I am now using because of you. I am sure it will be helpful, as someone who needs a structured approach it will be super helpful!

[@Bernytheplayboy]

*Every language is hard, in that you have to learn it to know it* *If there's any language you can know without having to learn it, then such a language is easy.* *So it's the learning that's hard, not the language*

[@pootzmagootz]

I think there's a general understanding that the "hardest language" is subjective to the language the article is written in or is being explaimed in. As for native English speakers, Mandarin Chinese is generally the most difficult for them because of the many differences between Indo-European languages vs the Sinitic languages.

[@cherrycookie3573]

Better editing skills ✅ More Obvious British Accent ✅ Perfect tips ✅ Perfect sponsorship (lolll) ✅ More true pronouncation ✅ Girl , this video is 😌👌🏻

[@aykut2606]

+ still cannot pronounce the word 'purpose'

[@cherrycookie3573]

@@aykut2606 but she pronounces “ foreign” correctly now 👍🏻

[@stoptheuyghurgenocide3445]

What British accent? Nah.

[@cherrycookie3573]

@@stoptheuyghurgenocide3445 at least she is trying to learn it’s not %100 good but OK tho .. and she’ll improve

[@stoptheuyghurgenocide3445]

@@cherrycookie3573 yea we can't expect her to do exactly the same but by the hardwork she will improve.

[@lucasherrmann6985]

That's accurate! I am brazilian I learned english and german, but now I'm working with french and I feel a lot more comfortable, due to the Latin origins, even though I have been learning by myself.

[@Nazgul094]

I have not watched the video since I'm at work but the difficulty is not in the language but in oneself. It always will depend on the time you invest getting along with your target language, spending time with it, surrounding yourself in media and other resources, along with learning and relearning the basics and understanding the most advanced grammar as you go. The rest is just your brain making all the connections. Learning a new language as an adult isn't impossible, but it is challenging.The main difference between learning another language as a child/teen is the fact that at that age you don't have as many things to worry about as an adult does, and you have more free time which allows you to spend more time with the language you're learning. I began learning English since I was 11, and to this day (17 years since I began learning now!) still learning new things because of my job as an interpreter! So to you who's trying to learn a new language, don't give up, even if you only have one or two hours a day three days a week to learn something of that language, do it, commit those few hours only to that, and if you notice you forget something relearn it and keep relearning as much as you need, it'll stick soon enough. And also don't pressure/be too hard on yourself if you aren't learning at the speed you'd like to learn, everyone is different and everyone goes at their own pace with the method they choose.

[@s.t.a.r.d.u.s.t.8]

I’m totally agree. I think to be able to learn a new language you need 3 things “Love that language, Make time for it, Work on it regularly”🌿

[@sodinc]

And all 3 of these things aren't easy :(

[@s.t.a.r.d.u.s.t.8]

@@sodinc life is hard man, nothing is easy))) if we want smt, we need to put everything we have on a table for it

[@gringa23]

@@s.t.a.r.d.u.s.t.8 as a person with adhd, doing the things that you love isn’t easy. However, you do what you can no matter if it’s 10 minutes or an hour.

[@ivanovichdelfin8797]

También se necesitan recursos y herramientas

[@lilneillowercase]

I've just started trying to learn Korean so this video was helpful to see that it's definitely possible. I've become pretty much fluent in Spanish so it's a big step up in difficulty compared to learning that but I think I can do it

[@juwairiaahona5182]

For how many days r u learning Korean?

[@SparklesNJazz]

so funny! i’m conversational in Korean and just started learning Spanish and i feel so intimidated by Spanish! trust me you can do it, the verb tenses are so much easier lol

[@denizsay5161]

Almanca öğrenmeye çalışıyorum ve hiç böyle bakmamıştım konuya. Sizi takip edicem bundan sonra çok teşekkür ederim 😍

[@erikles_morph8846]

Im Austrian speaking english on b2 and right now im learning Japanese on my own with KZbin and Apps and i love making progress! Languages were my all time favorite in school

[@mariad.8204]

I totally agree with you that self studying requires more time and effort. Ive learned languages both in a classroom and by myself and It certainly can be frustrating not having a teacher at your disposition to correct you or to answer your questions. However I think it’s important to mention the 3 most relevant factors that will determine how fast you can reach fluency: age, exposure and experience. As a language teacher who have taught both adults and teenagers as young as 11 years old, I can assure you the difference is huge , mainly in terms of pronunciation and memorization. Exposure plays a big factor as well, living in the country where your target language is primarily spoken in addition to having access to content or entertainment, can help you understand the culture faster, which, as you mentioned, it’s key to master a language.

[@luwbz]

Learning primarily Japanese right now and also Russian, I always had a perspective that these were very hard languages. I feel that causes sort of a demotivation, you opened my eyes about "hard languages" it's completely subjective and all depends on your goal of fluency. From now on I'm going to grind both and just let it all flow smoothly without doubting myself, thank you!

[@alexordov9052]

Здорово, и как продвигается изучение русского языка!?

[@user-kj6cf5qd7r]

@@alexordov9052 Боюсь, из-за ситуации на Украине он забросил изучать русский🤣

[@YSUSYW]

Даже тут политический срач😄

[@secretyshka]

@Fabienne L удачи тебе! (Good luck to you!)

[@Katerinadelete]

@Fabienne L Ты сможешь!

[@albyconcalma]

The "you do you do" at the end cracked me up hahaha. Great video

[@dask4756]

Thanks for the video !!!!

[@lailavitoria3651]

I'm learning Japanese by myself and isn't difficult, the English is my second language that I'm still learning so... for me learn these language is a hobby! :)

[@iuripires7285]

I think the same! I’m a Portuguese native speaker and the sound in Portugueses and Japanese are pretty much the same like 97% of the time. People got scared about Japanese due the written system they have. But I learned hiragana and katakana in 1 week LOL . Things start to get harder when it comes to kanjis and phrase structure, maybe particles too

[@yuri_uwu_kawaii]

@Iuri Pires am also studying Japanese!😍I've been learning for 3 weeks and learned hiragana and katakana in 2 weeks but had a break☺

[@user-50224]

でも大体外国の方の日本語はカタコトだよね

[@user-sv7vl9sd2d]

近頃は驚くほど日本語が堪能な人が増えたよ。ちなみに世界中で最も話されている英語は殆どカトコトですよ。

[@user-50224]

@@user-sv7vl9sd2d そういう規模感の話ではなく「日本語意外と簡単だよ😅」とかいいつつ接続詞もめちゃくちゃでカタコトな外国人って多いよなって話

[@coolbrotherf127]

Speaking Japanese is really easy for me even as a native English speaker, but reading and writing it is what take so so long to study. I know how to say way more things than I can read, and can write even less. Typing makes things a little easier since I don't have to know every stroke order of every kanji.

[@mep6302]

As someone who's been learning multiple languages for years, I think there are some languages that are harder than others. But it all depends on your native language (your starting point) and all the foreign languages you have already learned. My native language is Spanish and my first foreign language is English. The most difficult part of English for me was pronunciation, mainly vowels. We only have 5 vowels in Spanish. Another thing most people can agree with me is phrasal verbs. They're difficult to remember at first. For other people who have another native language, English pronunciation must have been easier. (Some) French people say learning to pronounce Spanish is not that hard. But for me, learning French pronunciation was very difficult too. (yep, I'm mainly complaining about pronunciation not so much about grammar). My point is, every thing easy or hard in a language depends on your native language and other languages you've previously learned. When I started learning Portuguese I thought it was easy because it's very similar to my native language Spanish and I had already learned to pronounce nasal vowels thanks to my knowledge of French. Otherwise that would've been a struggle.

[@samiraperez9396]

Learning New languages is my newly discovered hobby! I'm learning Russian right now cause it's My favourite language and I'm planning to study and live in Russia! I'm only a week in studying the Russian language and already know the Alphabet and some words and phrases! It's really easy! Right now, two languages I speak fluently are English and Spanish! I'm from Belize, english is my native language!

[@vorstrimov]

Удачи!

[@samiraperez9396]

@@vorstrimov cпасибо :)

[@timon1816]

терпения тебе в этом

[@samiraperez9396]

@@timon1816 Ну, да! Это довольно просто, и мне нравится этому учиться

[@user-le7fu1sy4n]

Почему ты хочешь в Россию? Сейчас там плохо

[@ellie2171]

Hello Ruri! I've been watching your videos for a longgg time, you're doing so well on KZbin and I really wonder your parents. In a time that your parents available can you make a video with them, I swear that would be amazing. Hope you can see this. Love u 🥺❤️ (Btw your British accent is hella adorable lol)

[@sikespiegel9583]

The reason, I think, why western people think eastern languages are difficult is because most of the western languages are related to one another from a common language/languages spoken long ago but eastern languages evolved in a completely different kind of culture with completely different geography making the words sound much more foreign.

[@quidam_surprise]

What the horse does « _"eastern"_ languages » even mean anyway?

[@la95921]

@@quidam_surprise Anything that isn't a European language.

[@peut-etre5363]

I think the reason why western people think asian languages are so difficult (ex. Chinese, japanese) is because those languages don't use the alphabet. And actually some of Asia countries share the words. Of course they have different character. But in terms of pronunciation. Teacher is [sensei] in japanese, and [sunsang] in korean. Idk if the people will consider those are similar, but in asian perspective, there's a lots of similar point. Also the amount of time that you have to spend when you learn the foreign language, which is easily founded in the Internet, is researched by someone who speaks English as a first language. So what I wanted to say is that I think the difficulty really depends on their own first language Lol I don't even know why I'm writing this

[@Matheus-rb5ci]

My mother tongue is portuguese but I'm very focus to learn english, I made a lot of progress despite I still have some difficults to make a dialogue but I'm in love for this channel because I can understand every single word that she says, that is amazing

[@robert33232]

Ruri, you're great!)) Thanks for the video! :)))

[@daniisaurushax]

2 minutes in, I feel so extra motivated. Thank you!!! (Been trying to learn Japanese for years, finally making it a priority and it’s working!)

[@SomiaDz]

I've been trying to learn Japanese for a very long time too. What tools/books,... are you using for that?

[@daniisaurushax]

@@SomiaDz omg I keep trying to respond and it keep deleting my responses!! I’m so sorry if it keeps showing you I replied and then nothing is there, or if it’s showing you multiple responses I don’t even know what to do 😭😭

[@SomiaDz]

@@daniisaurushax it's ok. I read the comment about katakana before it got deleted, but I didn't catch the one before that.

[@TheBlackSwanIV]

Yo hablo Español como lengua materna y estoy aprendiendo a hablar Ingles, se me hizo un poco difícil pero creo que ya lo empiezo a entender cuando lo escucho. Cuando veo tus videos hablando ingles puedo entenderte mejor que cuando escucho a un nativo ingles. (Primer comentario en Español jejeje...) Saludos!!!

[@Night_spot]

Saludos del Brazil amigo😎🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@roardinoson7]

Hola estoy aprendiendo espanol con Ingles como mi lengua materna! Puedo entender todo lo que escribiste pero me cuesta esuchar a otras personas hablando en espanol, particularmente las personas con acentos. Quiero mejorar mi hablar e escuchar y por eso trato de ver pelis en espanol. Gracias por leer todo esto

[@putos00769]

@@roardinoson7 Saludos y mucho éxito con el español.

[@lalo4642]

@@roardinoson7 Se entiende lo que dices perfectamente, vas bien con el idioma. Saludos y suerte.

[@k.5425]

Qué significa las siglas "pdta"?

[@demolieregodson77]

thank you so much i've learnt enough more informations from you i've my proper goals anyways thank you✨

[@songthanh896]

Learning a language is like opening a new door for our life, and many more opportunities come to us!

[@ceylinsevval111]

Senin konuşmanla beraber öğrenme isteğim dahada arttı:) Ayrıca aksan'ın aşırı hoş

[@ymirdru]

Ooff ben de birçok dil konusabilmek istiyorum bence çok güzel bir şey farkli insanlarla iletisimde bulunmak... Idolumsûn Ruri seni seviyorum 🥰💅💁🏻‍♀️

[@weerachan27]

I came to watch this video because your cuteness made me more interested in the language. You are cute and your voice is captivating.I don't know how to describe it.

[@ararash]

I like myself when I speak Indonesian. Huhu, polyglot is so happy, thank you for the video. My energy boost huhu ^^ wish you all the best.

[@Japanslang]

My wife talks to our cat in Italian. I don't think our cat understands any of it. 🥲

[@ruriohama]

I talk to stray cats in Japanese....

[@canahmetdarama354]

@@ruriohama "Ereeeeen" gibi mi ;D

[@nagichampa9866]

Cats actually understands us as well as dogs do. They just care less.

[@algeria_online_fair]

Cause Italian is in group 3 of hardness for a native cat speaking

[@Japanslang]

@@algeria_online_fair 😼

[@sazji]

Certainly a person’s mother tongue plays a huge role in what will be “difficult” for them in another language. As a Turkish speaker, Uzbek will practically be a game for you, (even if you need to learn more Persian vocabulary and more subtle shades of relationship with information reported than the Turkish -mış). Japanese, though unrelated, will still feel fairly familiar in structure. An Indo European speaker will have to work harder to get their heads around it. But I think there’s another layer that is frequently overlooked in these discussions. Beyond structure, there is the “density“, the amount of information that is encoded in the language and its structure. For example, in a language like Vietnamese, grammar is relatively simple but you have many choices of pronouns to learn, which speak volumes about your and another person‘s status. In English, that simply isn’t a feature. Even Turkish, where there are informal and formal verb conjugations, and some older ways of showing deference, has nothing to compare with that. Beyond merely learning words, you also have to learn a big chunk of culture to gain a native sense of what word to use for whom, in what situation. Another example: If you are a speaker of Turkish, or any into European language, or most Asian language is even, there are distinct words for verbs of motion like “go“ and “come;” “take“ and “bring.“ Contrast that with an Athabascan language like Navajo: A verb of motion must necessarily include specific information about that movement. From close to me to close to you? From 1 Distant Pl. to another distant place? From a distant visible place to another place out of sight? And if we’re talking about bringing or taking something, what is the characteristic of that thing. Is it soft, like cotton? Is it a single living object like a baby? Is it inanimate, like a rock? Is it tied together in a bundle, like sticks? Or perhaps it’s something that flows but it’s dry, like sand? All of that must necessarily be included in the verb construct. You could probably get along and be understood if you omitted a lot of that, but it would be likely be “Tarzan-ese” to native speakers. So while native speakers do of course learn it naturally, for any non-native, it is a lot more to learn than simply learning the difference between “calm“ and “go,“ or “bring“ and “take,” and non-natives very rarely achieve fluency. If you speak another Athabascan language as your mother tongue, it will definitely be easier, but I think it’s fair to call that a “more difficult“ language, and not from a merely Eurocentric view.

[@rezagrans1296]

@sazji Boş-boş söyləme çok güldüm Buyur vatSApda konuşalız

[@sazji]

@@rezagrans1296 Aynı fikirde olmayabilirsin tabii. Fakat sırf aşağılamak yerine hangi fikirlerime itiraz ettiğini söyle, buyurun.

[@YimSanirean]

Thanks for your sharing this useful video🙏

[@user-fe5ed6gy8y]

英語圏の方だと思ったら日本人なの！！あまりにも流暢で感動しました。英語学習の励みにもなりました！尊敬です！

[@NexSicarius]

Another great video, and one I wholeheartedly agree with. As others here have noted, you can have a tremendous advantage in terms of learning certain languages depending on how closely related they are to your native language (Urdu for Hindi speakers, for example, as they are largely mutually intelligible but with different scripts), and find some languages unfamiliar to the point of being daunting (Mandarin Chinese comes to mind). At the end of the day, there's nothing you can't learn with enough hard work and optimisation, and it just boils down to how long it's going to take to reach fluency. Personally, I am bilingual in Hindi and English, speak fluent Korean and am learning Japanese and German, so I can attest to being able to make unexpected links between them in terms of both grammar and vocabulary, and found your own skillset both relatable and inspiring! Edit: At 10:25, that list should say Gujarati, since Gujarat is a state in India and Gujarati is the language ^^

[@Lattenkiste]

No placement test for Japanese :'( Thanks for the resource though! I love having a study plan, an estimated "graduation date" and the ability to get certifications. It helps me to better understand my progress and how far I've come to reaching my goal. Very exciting!

[@alexsdb9712]

A very nice topic within languages and language learning. However, in all things in life there are always more difficult and easier. It's a matter of statistics within the makeup of the language. For example, it's been said by different types of people and cultures that overall, Czech is one of the more difficult languages to learn in the world. Even Czech people themselves have been said to find challenges within their own tongue! And then regarding languages, there is also always the factor of more difficult for certain people/cultures, or easier for certain people/cultures. For example, a British person might find learning Greek very difficult, but then a Latin culture person (Latino/Spanish/Italian/Portuguese/French) will find it easier to learn another latin culture language. It always depends. Thank you for this topic, and for your channel which is interesting for those interested in learning languages and cultures!

[@hao5374]

and she's a smart on top of the world language master OMAYYYY IT HURTS

[@scarsunseen24]

American here. I'm currently 11 months into a major deep dive into my first foreign language.... Russian. The alphabet is super easy... Но русская грамматика очень трудно! Я рада что изучаю это. У меня болит голова. :D

[@Red-di7zb]

Желаю удачи. У меня болела голова от английского, благо уже 5 лет прошло и я вполне себе освоился.

[@DamnedVik]

As a native russian speaker I would love to hear what in particularly is hard about russian grammar. After watching several videos of foreigners trying to speak russian, I'd say the main struggle, that separates all of them from sounding nearly natural (other than the pronunciation of course), is the use of gendered words. If you could just fix that single mistake, you could be easily mistaken for a native russian speaker who just lived in another country for far too long.

[@scarsunseen24]

@@DamnedVik The noun declensions are very difficult for me. The flexible word order is quite different too. Verb conjugations are pretty easy. I don't think it's that's hard to remember a noun's gender, but maybe that's just me.

[@ybrbnf333]

"русская грамматика *- это* очень трудно" или "русская грамматика *трудна"* (звучит криво - скорее вызывает затруднения/трудности, или сложнА, или тяжелА, или плохо даётся). "Я рада, что изучаю *её"* - требуется противопоставление типа "Тем не менее я рада...", иначе звучит словно радость тебе доставляет именно факт трудностей. "У меня болит голова" звучит как на приёме у врача, обычно говорят проще: "голова болит" (понятно что своя, чужая болеть не может). Ну и для связи с предыдущим можно использовать частицу - *"Аж* голова болит". Всё это по сути мелочи, которые сами придут при достаточной практике. Не знаю какой смысл в изучении языка, если ты не используешь его на работе или в повседневной жизни. Разве что художественную литературу читать приятней на русском (субъективно), чем на английском

[@topsan3046]

Solo entendí "yo" y "ruso" xd

[@patypus555]

How difficult a language depends on many factors (which are personal to each individual), but I can say from experience that certain languages are objectively more difficult to learn AND master than others such as Korean and Japanese due to the complexity in grammar. I am a native speaker of a Southeast Asian language so phonemes in Japanese are pretty easy to imitate, but the writing systems and grammar rules such as syntax are still super challenging. I'm more familiar with western languages since I learned and became fluent in English at a very young age; I can easily build my learning strategy from there. However, it gets confusing to learn these western languages visually -- how you pronounce the Roman alphabet (including vows) vary and mispronunciation happens.

[@chenyt.8385]

Rury chan, i'm always waiting your new videos on your chanel, thanks because of your content i got a lot of motivation to learn english. I hope you are always happy and stay helathy hope you can make more videos. Thanks and stay helathy

[@efecivan7849]

Çok teşekkür ediyorum. İngilizce öğrenirken kendimi kaybolmuş hissediyordum şimdi önümde bir yol var gibi gözüküyor. Elimden geldiğince bu siteyi tüketmeyi düşünüyorum. :D

[@marilyn2619]

Seni gerçekten çok seviyorum anlatımını çok seviyorum ve sadece sen bu konuları anlatırken anlıyorum 😊

[@jasonstallworth]

I believe how fast you learn is also drive by your passion for that target language and why you want to learn it. I only speak two languages (English and Thai); my wife is Thai so I have a genuine interest in the language, culture, and so forth, so it's easy to saturate myself in the language daily. So it goes back to having your 'why.' If you're just learning another language to 'check the box' or for the sake of learning another language, you may find it takes you longer (that's just my experience, anyway)

[@yamkelamajikela1915]

Thai is the most difficult language I've ever learnt 😭❤️😹but it's really a beautiful language

[@user-gk7fp7be1d]

@@yamkelamajikela1915 I understand that Thai, which is my mother tongue, is transliterated from a neighboring country. And transliteration is only difficult in languages ​​such as Indian (Sanskrit) and Chinese (Teochew) and Khmer.

[@lazyreaper2486]

I’m from Kazakhstan and your video is useful thank you for

[@Hesoyam31]

I believe learning languages is just a matter of dedication and understanding. As a Filipino in the countryside, we use waray-waray as our local language, and we learned our national language Tagalog and my third language English in school.

[@user-ei7fq4re2g]

2000+ hours for Japanese…hell that ain’t gonna stop me from learning the language and it shouldn’t stop you either 😎

[@danniefmr]

I learned N2 Japanese with about 500 hours of study, you dont need 2000h in my opinion

[@user-ei7fq4re2g]

@@danniefmr that’s impressive…sorry to bother you but could you lend me some pointers to minimize hour time?

[@jamaisnunca]

I wish it would be just 2000 hours to be completely fluent, maybe if you are chinese or korean.

[@senrabetrollin]

Liliana?

[@user-ei7fq4re2g]

@@senrabetrollin a cultured man I see 😎

[@DoubleOpposite]

I disagree regarding 2200 class hours being 4400 self study hours. Classroom hours aren't very effective. I met a bunch of people who got pretty fluent in japanese after a year and a half (passing N1 ) by just immersing in comprehensive input+anki for 3~hrs a day on average

[@DoubleOpposite]

@@ishaalimtiaz6715 not sure N1 is close to fluency but it's definitely a very nice level to have, if you're very very efficient you might reach that level in 1600hrs or so (reading). As for speaking, probably not, and listening, well, depends. Listening skills take quite a long time to develop for some reason

[@fynnh5459]

There is a clear difference between classes (at school) and language courses with actual experts. I don't think classes contribute much to someone learning a language after they've reached like B1 level in that language. Before that, they are a good resource.

[@mishm299]

@@DoubleOpposite I heard Japanese the "fastest" spoken languages, so maybe extra hard to listen and parse everything unless someone is speaking very slowly or simply

[@DoubleOpposite]

@@mishm299 Speed comes with experience. The hardest parts are undoubtedly the very different vocab, the notorious kanji and THEIR READINGS , and grammar a bit

[@fuatkabakc3609]

@@DoubleOpposite There are also some important points depending of family which target language belongs to. For example, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Finnish are from same language family "Ural-Altay". Some of european language like spanish, french, italian and portugese are also so similar in terms of grammar and cognate of their word. Difficulty issues change according to your native language and target language to learn.

[@user-ny2fe7ph3s]

you are beautiful teacher and lady! thanks for video

[@gece-mt8ql]

Wooow,It took a long time to realize whether it was you or a Turk who spoke Turkish.You're so good, how I wish I could be a polyglot too,sen çok başarılısın!!

[@EvaMariaZone]

I am a native German speaker, and I feel the shyness too. But then in English I also feel more confident in expressing myself. I really like it to hear that it is not just me. And I am working on my third language "Korean" at the moment. And The first thing you said, that the language learning process seems hard, because of the time you have schedule to learn the language. I get it now. Because I want to be invested in Korean, but I have to do Soo many other things throughout the day, that it is hard to find time to sit down for at least 30 minutes of 60 tops. But I am so invested in it, I want nothing else for Christmas, than Korean study books. And I understand the structure of the language pretty fast and I find it easy when I find the time to study it.

[@s3cidlp]

Ps: Türkisch sollte dir nicht allzuschwer fallen weil es zusammen mit Koreanisch in der Altai-Sprachen Gruppe angesehen wird😊 Aber schön, dass du dir so viel Mühe gibst Koreanisch zu lernen, wie läufts denn so?

[@MoreAThanI]

@@s3cidlp kann mich immernoch nicht zwischen dürüm und gimbap entscheiden

[@s3cidlp]

@@MoreAThanI Hahaaha wieso

[@user-xw5xo3bv1n]

Interesting point of view and definetly one that is encouraging others to broaden knowledge of other languages, which is great thing. I can see how languages from same language groups with languages already known can be easier to learn, while language with completly different structure will be harder, like for me it would be much easier to learn european languages than a chinese or arabian.